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[Dac Phuc Pham]

Dear all,

I am dealing with SLM process, I saw a paper visualize the laser behavior using ansys fluent as shown in figure below. Does anyone know how to visualize like this?

Thank you all.

[Rob]

That looks like either pathlines or particle tracks. How was the laser implemented in the paper?

[Dac Phuc Pham]

Thank you for your reply.

In the paper, the method for this simulation is the laser-powder bed energy coupling is implemented by a ray-tracing algorithm.

[Rob]

OK, and how did you plan on doing that in Fluent? We can't post process light rays like that.